The UW-Superior Foundation provides numerous scholarships using money contributed by alumni and friends of the University. How and where a student applies for a scholarship varies according to their status. Please read the information below to learn how you can apply for a scholarship.

New students and school counselors
Prospective students and school counselors seeking information about scholarships should visit our Admissions website for scholarship information for new freshmen and transfer students.

Current UW-Superior students: Continuing students who wish to apply for UW-Superior Foundation scholarships through their academic departments should look here. Use the other links to review the scholarships available and their criteria, and find answers to frequently asked questions, You also will find links to scholarships offered by the UW-Superior Alumni Association.

Swenson Scholars: Swenson Scholarships will be temporarily renewed until spring semester grades are posted, and it is confirmed that the recipients meet the GPA and full-time status requirements. Swenson recipients do not have to reapply for the scholarship each year.

Faculty and staff: Visit here and follow the instructions for awarding scholarships. Use the other links to review the scholarships available and their criteria, and to find the answers to frequently asked scholarship questions.

Additional Scholarship Opportunities

The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation offers thousands of dollars each year to students in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. For more information and to apply, visit the DSA Community Foundation website.

 

For a list of additional outside scholarships, visit Financial Aid.

How to apply for scholarships:

1. Get a scholarship application: Current students can get a Foundation Scholarship Application on this website; from your academic advisor or the department in which you have a major; or from the University Advancement Office in Old Main, room 237.
   
   
2. Complete the scholarship application: Complete parts A, B and C on the Foundation Scholarship Application and print. Then submit the application to your department chair or your advisor. (If you have a major in more than one department, you must provide a copy of the application to the chair of each department or your advisor in each department.)  Department chairs and advisors will collect the applications, complete part D, and evaluate each application to determine which students shall be awarded Foundation Scholarships based on the donor-specified criteria for each scholarship.
   
   
3. Check with your academic department: Contact the department in which you are applying for the scholarship(s) to determine whether it requires more information than is asked for on the application and for the application deadline. Submit your application to the department(s) in which you are applying.
   
   
4. Watch your email for your Foundation Scholarship Award Letter: The University Advancement Office will email award letters to students who were recommended for scholarships by early May. If you are concerned about whether you were awarded a Foundation Scholarship, contact your department chair or advisor before contacting the University Advancement Office.
   
   
5. Submit your Acceptance Thank You Letter: After you have received your scholarship award letter email, you have 30 days from the date on the letter to submit your Thank You Letter(s) to the University Advancement Office in Old Main, room 237. Only after the University Advancement Office has received your thank you can a scholarship be applied to your account. Failure to submit the Thank You Letter within the 30-day period could result in the scholarship being re-awarded to another student.

FAFSA will be used to determine whether or not a student has financial need. FAFSA paperwork must be submitted each year to the Financial Aid office in order to be considered for scholarships which include financial need as part of the criteria.

Students who receive a full tuition Foundation scholarship are not eligible for additional Foundation scholarships.

The scholarship award process:

1. Distribute scholarship applications: Foundation Scholarship Applications may be printed and given to any student who wishes to apply for a scholarship. Complete the faculty/advisor portion of the scholarship applications (part D): Students are responsible for completing parts A, B and C. They then must submit the application to their department chair or their advisor. Department chairs and advisors should collect each application, complete part D, and evaluate each application to determine which students shall be awarded specific Foundation Scholarships based on the donor-specified criteria attached to the scholarship.
   
2. Submit the applications: Once the department chairs or advisors have completed all recommendations for students in their department to receive Foundation Scholarships, the department chairs or advisors must submit the completed applications to the University Advancement Office. The deadline for the 2013-2014 academic year is April 5, 2013.
   
   If any department chair or advisor does not submit all scholarship applications for their department by the deadline, a Foundation Scholarship Committee will collect the forms from those department chairs or advisors and make recommendations for students to receive the scholarships which were allocated to that department.
   
   

Scholarships are listed below by academic department, individual programs, and other categories. Each scholarship listing includes the requirements students must meet to qualify for that scholarship. Because of their requirements, some scholarships are listed in more than one category. Students may qualify for scholarships in more than one category.

STUDENTS: The scholarship descriptions are for your information only, and to advise you to which offices to submit your application. When completing the Foundation Scholarship Application, do not specify which scholarships you are seeking. Your academic department or other office will determine which scholarship to award you.

The University of Wisconsin-Superior Alumni Association raises money at special events so it can provide scholarships each year to new freshmen and to continuing undergraduate students enrolled at UW-Superior.

If you are new student enrolling at UW-Superior, please visit the Admissions page for more information about applying for scholarships.
If you already are enrolled at UW-Superior, select the continuing student link. Applications are due March 31. For more information, contact the UW-Superior Alumni Office at 715-394-8452 or alumni@uwsuper.edu

• New freshman scholarship criteria
• Continuing student scholarship criteria/information
  
• Continuing student scholarship application